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Kalo Chorio Oreinis

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Village in Nicosia District, Cyprus
Kalo Chorio Καλό Χωριό
village
Kalo Chorio is located in CyprusKalo ChorioKalo ChorioLocation in Cyprus
Coordinates: 35°0′37″N 33°9′52″E / 35.01028°N 33.16444°E / 35.01028; 33.16444
Country Cyprus
DistrictNicosia District
Population
 • Total601
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kalo Chorio Oreinis (Greek: Καλό Χωριό Ορεινής) is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, 3 km south of the town of Klirou.

History

The village existence goes back as far as classical and Roman periods. According to the Cypriot historian Simon Menardos the old name of the village was dedicated to a pagan God. Evidence to that are the ruins of a temple and a remnant of an ancient altar on the site (Ζυθκιόνας). As practice of pagan religion was prohibited by law around 400 AD soldiers and clerics based in klirou garrison attacked and destroyed the temple. The villagers out of fear and with a gesture of genuflection welcome the marching army and clerics laying branches of shrubs call merika (Tamaricaceae). The clerics used that as an example when preaching Christianity hence the name came to existence (good village) kalo horio also known as (kalo horio merikas) and kalo horio klirous.

References

  1. "Census 2001".
  2. "Publication Name:Τοπωνυμικόν της Κύπρου". cypruslibrary.moec.gov.cy.
  3. See Christian persecution of paganism under Theodosius I

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Gallery

  • Monument in Kalo Chorio Monument in Kalo Chorio
  • Old Church of Agios Georgios in Kalo Chorio Oreinis, Cyprus Old Church of Agios Georgios in Kalo Chorio Oreinis, Cyprus
  • Maroullenas River Maroullenas River
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